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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**
**Tuesday, December 8, 2020**
TODAY ON THE BLOG
COVID-19
Generic Drug Repurposing For Public Health And National Security:
COVID-19 And Beyond
By Rena M. Conti, Susan Athey, Richard G. Frank, and Jonathan Gruber
In this post, we propose that the federal government take the lead in
promoting the deployment of drugs to prevent and treat COVID-19 but also
the additional epidemics and pandemics that will, unfortunately, likely
occur in the future. Read More >>
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Despite Many States Doing What They Can, The Federal Government Must Act
Now To Extend Postpartum Medicaid Coverage
By Emily Eckert
It is essential that both federal and state governments implement policy
solutions that preserve care for women in the postpartum period.
Extension of Medicaid coverage for the full year after delivery is a
critical step in our nation's efforts to combat unacceptable maternal
mortality and morbidity rates. Read More >>
HEALTH AFFAIRS BRANDED POST
Targeting Health Care's "Triple Aim": Leaders Equipped With Tech and
Business Expertise
Supported by Stanford Medicine
For decades now, health care leaders and policy makers have sought to
achieve health care's "Triple Aim": reduce cost, broaden access,
enhance quality care. Read More >>
IN THE JOURNAL
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
How Indigenous Communities Are Adapting To Climate Change: Insights From
The Climate-Ready Tribes Initiative
By Paul J. Schramm, Angelica L. Al Janabi, Larry W. Campbell, Jamie L.
Donatuto, and Shasta C. Gaughen
Climate change can interrupt traditional practices and ways of life for
Indigenous communities. Based on lessons learned from the Climate-Ready
Tribes Initiative, Paul Schramm and coauthors offer ideas for making
climate and health policy more effective for tribes. Read More >>
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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Health, Climate, and Emissions
As carbon and greenhouse gases are emitted and gather in the atmosphere,
they trap heat and ultimately warm the earth. These changes to the
climate, including rising sea levels, increased wildfires, and more
extreme hurricanes, threaten human health and put stress on the US
health care system. In a blog post from October 2019, authors Dhruv
Shankar and Sofia Ahsanuddin discuss a paradox of the health care sector
,
which produces about 10 percent of the nation's total annual carbon
emissions and lags behind every other economic sector in sustainability
reporting.
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